Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentyfirst appearance of the event. The competition was held from 22 to 23 September 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1]

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Fencing Gymnasium
Dates22 – 23 September 1988
Competitors40 from 18 nations
Medalists
Jean-François Lamour  France
Janusz Olech  Poland
Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
Fencing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the foil and épée competitions, the sabre tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

  • The first round had 6 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
  • The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
  • The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. IB MM SM WZ ST NM YWS
1  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 6 0 30 13 Q 5–2 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–2
2  Marco Marin (ITA) 4 2 26 17 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 5–1 5–0
3  Steve Mormando (USA) 3 3 24 18 2–5 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–0
4  Wang Zhiming (CHN) 3 3 22 22 4–5 5–4 2–5 1–5 5–2 5–1
5  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 3 3 21 22 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–1 2–5 5–3
6  Nikolay Marincheshki (BUL) 2 4 15 22 1–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–0
7  Yan Wing-Shean (TPE) 0 6 6 30 2–5 0–5 0–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. KE HP PG ZZ JMB ML RA
1  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 5 1 28 13 Q 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–0
2  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 5 1 28 17 5–3 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–0
3  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5 1 26 18 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–3
4  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 3 3 23 22 4–5 3–5 1–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
5  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 2 4 20 24 0–5 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–0
6  Mike Lofton (USA) 1 5 20 25 3–5 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–0
7  Régis Avila (BRA) 0 6 4 30 0–5 0–5 3–5 1–5 0–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VE IG PD JPB JG MS PA
1  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6 0 30 8 Q 5–1 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–0 5–0
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 5 1 26 11 1–5 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–0
3  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 4 2 27 17 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–1 5–3 5–2
4  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 3 3 19 19 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–1
5  Jia Guihua (CHN) 2 4 15 27 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–4 5–3
6  Mark Slade (GBR) 1 5 14 29 0–5 0–5 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
7  Percival Alger (PHI) 0 6 10 30 0–5 0–5 2–5 1–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AA GN JO PW AG KSU PB
1  Andrey Alshan (URS) 6 0 30 16 Q 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
2  György Nébald (HUN) 5 1 27 16 2–5 5–1 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–3
3  Janusz Olech (POL) 4 2 25 18 4–5 1–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–1
4  Peter Westbrook (USA) 3 3 26 22 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–1
5  Antonio García (ESP) 2 4 18 23 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–2 3–5 0–5
6  Kim Sang-Uk (KOR) 1 5 17 27 2–5 1–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–2
7  Pedro Bleyer (BOL) 0 6 9 30 2–5 3–5 1–5 1–5 0–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JFL JN GS TP LBN OM
1  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 4 1 21 14 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–1
3  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 20 20 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–2
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 2 3 21 19 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–1
5  Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 1 4 16 24 2–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–4
6  Olivier Martini (MON) 0 5 10 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. SM GDB FB RK WB LUJ
1  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 4 1 24 9 Q 5–0 4–5 5–1 5–0 5–3
2  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 20 12 0–5 5–4 5–1 5–1 5–1
3  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 20 15 5–4 4–5 1–5 5–0 5–1
4  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 3 2 17 15 1–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
5  Wulfe Balk (CAN) 1 4 8 20 0–5 1–5 0–5 2–5 5–0
6  Lee Uk-Jae (KOR) 0 5 7 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VE PD JN TP JMB
1  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–4
2  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2 2 13 12 2–5 5–1 1–5 5–1
3  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 2 2 12 14 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 1 3 13 16 3–5 5–1 3–5 2–5
5  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 1 3 11 17 4–5 1–5 1–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JO GDB IB ST WZ
1  Janusz Olech (POL) 3 1 19 10 Q 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–0
2  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–2
3  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 3 1 18 13 5–4 3–5 5–2 5–2
4  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 1 3 10 15 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–0
5  Wang Zhiming (CHN) 0 4 4 20 0–5 2–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MM JFL SM JPB AG
1  Marco Marin (ITA) 3 1 19 9 Q 4–5 5–3 5–0 5–1
2  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 1 18 15 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–3
3  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 3 1 18 16 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
4  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 1 3 12 19 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4
5  Antonio García (ESP) 0 4 12 20 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AA FB PG ZZ LBN
1  Andrey Alshan (URS) 4 0 20 9 Q 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2
2  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–4 5–0 5–3
3  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 2 2 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
4  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 1 3 10 16 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–1
5  Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 0 4 9 20 2–5 3–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. HP IG RK PW JG
1  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 2 2 16 13 3–5 3–5 5–2 5–1
3  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 2 17 17 4–5 5–3 3–5 5–4
4  Peter Westbrook (USA) 2 2 15 17 3–5 2–5 5–3 5–4
5  Jia Guihua (CHN) 0 4 11 20 2–5 1–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GN KE GS SM WB
1  György Nébald (HUN) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–0
2  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 2 2 17 15 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–4
3  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 2 2 15 15 4–5 1–5 5–2 5–3
4  Steve Mormando (USA) 2 2 15 16 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–2
5  Wulfe Balk (CAN) 0 4 9 20 0–5 4–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3

Round 3 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. PG AA FB GS IB JPB
1  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–1
2  Andrey Alshan (URS) 3 2 22 19 4–5 5–4 5–2 3–5 5–3
3  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 22 20 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–4
4  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 18 20 1–5 2–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
5  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 2 3 20 21 4–5 5–3 3–5 3–5 5–3
6  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 0 5 15 25 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GDB VE SM JFL RK ST
1  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 24 20 Q 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–4
2  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 3 2 22 18 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–4 5–2
3  Steve Mormando (USA) 3 2 21 18 5–4 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–2
4  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 2 21 22 4–5 5–4 5–4 2–5 5–4
5  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 3 20 19 4–5 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
6  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 0 5 14 25 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JO GN PD JN SM ZZ
1  Janusz Olech (POL) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–1
2  György Nébald (HUN) 3 2 20 15 2–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 5–1
3  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 3 2 19 17 3–5 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
4  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 3 2 19 18 5–4 5–3 3–5 1–5 5–1
5  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 2 3 19 16 3–5 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–0
6  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 5 4 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. IG MM HP TP JN KE
1  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 23 18 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–4 3–5
2  Marco Marin (ITA) 3 2 23 19 4–5 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–4
3  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 3 2 19 19 2–5 2–5 5–2 5–4 5–3
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 3 2 20 20 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–4 5–2
5  Peter Westbrook (USA) 1 4 20 23 4–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–3
6  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 1 4 17 23 5–3 4–5 3–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets
Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10  
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 7      Janusz Olech (POL) 7
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) 6      Felix Becker (FRG) 10
 Felix Becker (FRG) 10  
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 8  
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10      Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
 Steve Mormando (USA) 1      Andrey Alshan (URS) 6
 Andrey Alshan (URS) 10  
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 9  
 Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10      Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 9      Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 7
 Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10  
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Marco Marin (ITA) 9  
 Pierre Guichot (FRA) 10      Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5
 Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 5      György Nébald (HUN) 10
 György Nébald (HUN) 10  

Repechages
Repechage 1
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10  
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) 8      Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
         Andrey Alshan (URS) 8
     
Repechage 2
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 10  
 Steve Mormando (USA) 7      Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 7
         Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10
     
Repechage 3
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6  
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10      Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
         Ioan Pop (ROU) 4
     
Repechage 4
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Marco Marin (ITA) 9  
 Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 10      Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 6
         Janusz Olech (POL) 10
     

Final round
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 György Nébald (HUN) 8
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 9
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10
 Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 7
 Janusz Olech (POL) 4
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
 Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 9
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 7 Third place
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Felix Becker (FRG) 6  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2

Final classification
FencerCountry
Jean-François Lamour France
Janusz Olech Poland
Giovanni Scalzo Italy
Philippe Delrieu France
György Nébald Hungary
Heorhiy Pohosov Soviet Union
Felix Becker West Germany
Jürgen Nolte West Germany
Andrey Alshan Soviet Union
Gianfranco Dalla Barba Italy
Pierre Guichot France
Tadeusz Piguła Poland
Vasil Etropolski Bulgaria
Marco Marin Italy
Imre Gedővári Hungary
Steve Mormando United States
Sergey Mindirgasov Soviet Union
Robert Kościelniakowski Poland
Imre Bujdosó Hungary
Peter Westbrook United States
Khristo Etropolski Bulgaria
Jean-Paul Banos Canada
Stephan Thönnessen West Germany
Zheng Zhaokang China
Jean-Marie Banos Canada
Antonio García Spain
Jia Guihua China
Lee Byeong-Nam South Korea
Wulfe Balk Canada
Wang Zhiming China
Nikolay Marincheshki Bulgaria
Mike Lofton United States
Kim Sang-Uk South Korea
Mark Slade Great Britain
Olivier Martini Monaco
Lee Uk-Jae South Korea
Percival Alger Philippines
Pedro Bleyer Bolivia
Yan Wing-Shean Chinese Taipei
Régis Avila Brazil

References
  1. "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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